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The Waterloo, CIRENCESTER, GL7 2PY

These buildings now sit opposite one of the town centre's largest car parks. They have been converted to shops selling things such a double glazing and conservatories.

A car park meter. Not just any old meter. Not just an electrically powered meter that prints out a ticket. It is the latest word in money transfer systems - the machine takes cash and plastic methods (hence the keypad). It won't be long before they give you a map of where you want to go and send you a text message when you're late...

Dignified and rather severe early C19th house with a pedimented doorcase (Image]). Grade II listed.

"Fashion is the only thing so hiddeous it has to be changed every 6 weeks". The original quote from Oscar Wilde, whose image accompanies the writing, is more along the lines of "fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months", but the gist is the same, although the spelling could do with brushing up. An intellectual form of vandalism on a pillar somewhere round the back of Argos in Cirencester.

The Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard's offices in Dyer Street: the striking timbered building is in marked contrast to the Cotswold stone of the others. See Image] for a close look at the sign.

The offices of the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard are illuminated by this gold sign. See Image] for the offices.

This delightful building number 74 Dyer Street was erected in 1904 for the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard newspaper. Built in an Arts and Crafts Domestic Revival style it housed the newspaper's editorial offices until 2017. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1457440 Cirencester, the largest town in the Cotswolds, is a market town some 15 miles south east of Gloucester and some 13 miles north west of Swindon. The town lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames and is the hub of a network of roads. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, founded in 1840. An important Roman settlement known as Corinium, the town, with 240 acres enclosed by walls was second only to London in size.

Fine Doric doorcase to this house: Image

A mosaic advert in the middle of the pavement in Dyer Street, inviting customers into what was the shop. It reads: 'Ovens and Sons, showrooms of antique furniture'. See Image] for a look at the building once occupied.